Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Before writing my debut novel Bestiary, I began a year-long process of translating letters written by my grandmother, many of which were
Three of Apple top contract manufacturers plan to invest a total of almost $900 million (roughly Rs. 6,630 crores) in India in the next five years to tap into a new production-linked incentive plan, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron all plan to make investments under the scheme, said the sources,
Porsche is working with third-party operators for more than 200,000 charging points in China. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING – Luxury and electric vehicles emerged as bright spots at this year’s Beijing Auto Show, which kicked off this weekend in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic with about 200 fewer vehicles than previous shows. China
A pilot walks by United Airlines planes as they sit parked at gates at San Francisco International Airport on April 12, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images United Airlines‘ pilots approved a plan to avoid furloughs that were set to begin as early as next month, the company said Monday, marking
Refresh for updates, analysis and chart: The depressed state of the box office continued into its fourth weekend since the big three exhibitors reopened with Warner Bros.’ Tenet still No. 1 with $3.4M, -26%. To date, the Christopher Nolan time-twisting noir has collected $41.2M at 2,850 locations in a domestic market that’s 75% opened with
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a space science mission and several secondary payloads, the latest in a series of wins by SpaceX for NASA science missions. NASA announced Sept. 28 it awarded a contract to SpaceX for the launch of its Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft in 2024 from Cape
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on Sept. 10, 2020. Ting Shen/Xinhua via Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said another coronavirus stimulus plan is possible as House Democrats try to forge ahead on a smaller aid package costing about $2.4 trillion, roughly $1 trillion less than their initial
Play video content Breaking News @djkhaled / Instagram DJ Khaled went ballistic celebrating the Miami Heat’s win over the Celtics on Sunday … jumping and screaming like a mad man — and the whole thing was caught on video!!! The 44-year-old — who’s been a Heat fan for YEARS — was catching the NBA’s Eastern
A cone to promote social distancing sits on the floor of a restaurant and bar in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, May 23, 2020. Alex Scott | Bloomberg | Getty Images Governors across the U.S. are allowing restaurants to reopen, some limited to outdoor dining but others at full capacity. A new survey shows one reason
Join me on a quick trip to fall 2007. The orange enV is the hot phone everyone wants. Regular paparazzi muses are still wearing cleavage-y dresses on top of jeans. The decision to wear one’s Uggs rolled or unrolled causes the occasional existential crises. And one fashion item reigns supreme: North Face’s zip-up fleece. Not
The Denver Broncos have placed characters from South Park into their virtual crowd at the Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado. The show’s creators, Matt Parker and Trey Stone, are huge fans of the NFL team since they grew up in Colorado, which is also where they met and created the long-running animated
It’s sad but it’s true: NCIS is losing a beloved series regular during NCIS Season 18. It was confirmed earlier this year that Maria Bello was bowing out of her Jackie Sloane role. With Bello set to appear in eight more episodes of the series, the co-showrunner is opening up about losing her. “When we’re
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Motorola Razr 5G India launch has been teased by the company on Twitter. In a tweet, Motorola has shared a short video clip that suggests that the company will bring the anticipated foldable device to India during the festive season. The Motorola Razr 5G has already been launched in the US. Apart from hinting at
Join the audience for a live webinar at 3 p.m. BST/10 a.m. EDT on 13 October 2020 exploring the fundamentals of TERS through the history of near-field spectroscopic optics Want to take part in this webinar? Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) provides the vibrational information of a sample with nanometric resolution. Obtaining physico-chemical information with such
U.S. government debt prices were lower on Monday as investors monitored rising coronavirus cases and political developments. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 0.66%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also higher at 1.41%. Bond yields move inversely to prices. Signs of a worsening pandemic continue to keep investors
Refresh for latest…: In its fifth weekend at the international box office, Warner Bros’ Tenet added another $15.8M from 56 markets. The offshore cume has risen to $242M for a worldwide total of $283.2M. Christopher Nolan’s time-bending thriller had a strong hold (-30%) in Japan where it debuted at No. 1 last weekend. Benefitting from
HELSINKI — China added to its Earth observation capabilities with the clandestine launch of two satellites from Taiyuan late Saturday. The unexpected launch of a Long March 4B rocket carrying satellites HJ-2A (Huanjing-2A) and HJ-2B took place at 11:23 p.m. Eastern Saturday. While Chinese launches are rarely publicly announced ahead of time, the publishing of